Course handbook

Description

Complex problems that challenge humanity cannot be solved using only single disciplinary expertise. Examples include mitigating climate change, reversing increasing rates of obesity in populations and achieving equitable access to tertiary education. These types of problems are called 'wicked' problems and typically are high stakes, resist solution, and even resist agreed definition. In this course, you will undertake an interdisciplinary challenge and explore how diverse science disciplines can come together to generate new more-than disciplinary understanding and solutions to challenging problems.

Requisite

To enrol in this course, students must have successfully completed either SCIE1002 or BIOL1003.

Assessment items

Report: Group Work Written Report

Portfolio: Portfolio

Project: Communication task

Contact hours

Callaghan

Online Activity

Online 3 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 1

Workshop

Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term starting in week 1

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